The Department of Public Health shall, on or before the tenth day of September in each year, or as soon thereafter as possible, forward to the town clerk or registrar of vital statistics of each town four printed lists duly verified, one containing the names of all licensed funeral directors, one the names of all licensed embalmers, one the names of all student embalmers and one the names of all student funeral directors, and such lists shall be kept on file in the office to which they have been transmitted. The Department of Public Health shall issue to each person granted a license or registration subsequent to the making of such list a card stating that the holder thereof has received a license or registration, as the case may be. The holders of such cards shall have the same rights as those whose names appear in the lists on file in the office of the town clerk.

(1949 Rev., S. 4534; 1951, S. 2265d; 1967, P.A. 835, S. 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 163, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

History: 1967 act substituted “the department of health” for “board” and deleted obsolete reference to state department of health receiving lists; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 deleted word “registered” modifying student embalmers; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.